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Valve announces $1 million DotA 2 Tournament

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5-s
Profile Joined June 2010
United States747 Posts
August 01 2011 20:03 GMT
#1
In the first official update on the Dota2.com since the inaugural post from Last November, Valve and Icefrog finally confirms some of the rumors that have been floating around for a few months, and dispels other rumors. The previously rumored amount was $80,000, stated by a Chinese website.

This is the first official confirmation of the Gamescom presentation and tournament, where around 16 international teams from Asia, Europe, and North America will complete for the prizepool of over 1 MILLION dollars.

More details and information can be found in the original post at http://blog.dota2.com. Let's discuss this tournament and what it means for fans of Dota, the genre, and ESPORTS in general, rather than argue about the differences of the games in the genre.

+ Show Spoiler [Press Release] +

Announcing “The International”
August 1, 2011 - Dota Team


Dota 2 Championships: First Public Showing at Gamescom

Valve today announced The International. This tournament will be the first time Dota 2 is shown in public, and will take place August 17th -21st at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.

The International features the 16 best Dota teams in the world competing in the Dota 2 Championships through a group stage, double elimination playoff format over the course of Cologne’s five-day trade show.

The tournament will be broadcast in four languages (Chinese, German, Russian, and English) free of charge. The winning team will receive $1 million.

“The International is the first public Dota 2 event and will give the tens of millions of gamers playing Dota around the world their first look at the new game,” said Gabe Newell, president and founder of Valve. “I have had the good fortune to watch the competitors as they prepare for the tournament, and the level of play is extraordinary.”

In addition to the cash prizes awarded by Valve, NVidia is providing all the hardware for the event.

Dota 2 will be available for the PC and Mac later this year.


Edit: Tournament page at http://www.dota2.com
Edit #2: + Show Spoiler [My Rankings of the Teams] +
1. CCM (China) - Catastrophic Cruel Memories
The current Kings of Chinese Dota, this relatively newer team has won FIVE tournaments in 2011 alone. Although occasional upsets occur, they consistently beat the other top Chinese teams currently and should be considered the favorites.
2. LGD (China) - LaoGanDie
Although they mostly trade games with the other Chinese powerhouses, their consistent performances for the past 2+ years earns them the #2 spot. They're almost always taking home a medal, if not the gold.
3. TyLoo (China) - TyLoo
Despite their only recent losses coming from CCM, Tyloo gets the #3 spot behind LGD because they're less experienced and haven't been able to seal the deal down the stretch at many tournaments.
4. Ok.Nirvana.cn (China) - Online Kingdom Nirvana China
A recent embarrassing loss to SkyNet in the Asia vs Vietnam showmatch should be enough motivation for these guys to get serious.
5. Ehome (China) - EHOME E-Sports Club
The undisputed #1 team worldwide 2 years ago, these guys have been struggling against the above teams a bit, but it's still hard to pick any non-Chinese team to be favored over these veterans.
6. StarsBoBa (Vietnam) - StarsBoBa
A tossup between Scythe and Starsboba for the top Non-Chinese spot, but I have to give it to StarsBoBa and their 4 years of lan experience.
7. Scythe.sg (Singapore) - Scythe Gaming
These guys have taken matches off LGD and Ok.Nirvana.Cn in the past. Very Impressive, but i haven't seen them play for a few months.
8. MYM (Denmark) - Meet Your Makers
The best European team, currently bootcamping in Denmark as we speak. We all want them to do well, but compared to the Chinese teams they're still underdogs. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if they take a game off some of the higher ranked teams.
9. Na'Vi (Ukraine) - Natus Vincere
So much potential in one team, with some of the scarest Lan players known to man with Dendi and LightOfHeaven. Still, their recent performance really hasn't reflected the amount of talent they have.
10. Mufc (Malaysia) - Mufc
Ex-Kingsurf, the best team in Malaysia.
11. [MI.Asus (Philippines) - Mineski Infinity.Asus
The best team of the Philippines, we'll finally get to see if their unique style stands up to international competition.
12. M5 (Russia) - Moscow5
So many achievements in such a short time for this Russian team, but without their ultimate weapon LightOfHeaven, I can't see competing as well as before.
13. GGnet (Europe) - Team GosuGamers
The "home team" for most of the English speaking Dota community, They've struggled quite a bit since the departure of Pajkatt and Puppey. Hopefully we'll see them back to full form soon.
14. Nevo (Denmark) - Next Evolution ESC
Forever the underdogs, these Danes have taken games off all the top European teams, but can't seem to get that huge win under their belt.
15. Ok.Nirvana.Int (Europe) - Online Kingdom Nirvana International
The only Primarily North American team (With Fear, 1437, and Universe attending). They've been totally on fire in online play recently, but IMO they're still huge underdogs in the Lan Environment where many of their members have no experience.
16. MiTH.Tr (Thailand) - MiTH.Trust
I believe the representative from Thailand will find themselves vastly outclassed in this tournament. Hopefully they prove me wrong
I liked Dota before it was Mainstream.
Himmel
Profile Joined January 2009
United States13 Posts
August 01 2011 20:04 GMT
#2
Eagerly await this should be awesome.
myopia
Profile Joined June 2009
United States259 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:07:15
August 01 2011 20:05 GMT
#3
$1 million? I don't even know what to say.

I do like this re-confirmation though:

Dota 2 will be available for the PC and Mac later this year.
it's my first day
NASAmoose
Profile Joined May 2011
United States25 Posts
August 01 2011 20:06 GMT
#4
Ah! So cool. And it's on macs! Oh god, decisions...
Synwave
Profile Joined July 2009
United States37 Posts
August 01 2011 20:06 GMT
#5
Is that 1 million euro?
Either way holy omg lots of prize batman O.o
Do these teams get to practice before hand, Im a bit confused on a tournament being released before the game is released because of balancing, practice time etc.
♞Nerdrage is the cause of global warming♞
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada5 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:06:39
August 01 2011 20:06 GMT
#6
No teams from NA, LA or Australia, )= So much for it being international...
semantics
Profile Joined November 2009
152 Posts
August 01 2011 20:06 GMT
#7
Lol announce dota 2 make blog update 3 times then 1 more update a year later.
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States9187 Posts
August 01 2011 20:06 GMT
#8
1 mirrion. chinese dota hwaiting!!!
StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
SRBNikola
Profile Joined July 2011
Serbia4 Posts
August 01 2011 20:07 GMT
#9
ill just say...WOW
s2pid_loser
Profile Joined March 2010
United States56 Posts
August 01 2011 20:07 GMT
#10
LOL 1 miillion dollars!!! damnnnnnnnnnn
Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce
keeblur
Profile Joined April 2010
United States4 Posts
August 01 2011 20:08 GMT
#11
Hype? Check.
Isn't it ironic and selfish to say that God made man in his image, when God was made in man's image?
JSHC
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden4 Posts
August 01 2011 20:08 GMT
#12
The hype begins!
MetalLobster
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada1 Post
August 01 2011 20:09 GMT
#13
Holy check 1 mill dollars?!
TheWarbler
Profile Joined April 2010
United States412 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:09:35
August 01 2011 20:09 GMT
#14
One Million US$ I am guessing since Valve is a American company from what I understand. THIS IS HUGE, This is the biggest prize pool in HISTORY(of video games)
if you can believe you can concieve
Suffo
Profile Joined March 2010
United States176 Posts
August 01 2011 20:09 GMT
#15
So have these teams been playing dota 2 for a while then?

but christ, 1 million$, sc2 doesn't even come close.
Midas_
Profile Joined September 2010
109 Posts
August 01 2011 20:10 GMT
#16
HOLY SHIT DAD PRICEPOOL

check out www.dota2.com O_O
Torte de Lini
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany7680 Posts
August 01 2011 20:10 GMT
#17
Brilliant and classical way to introduce a game, it's potential competitive nature and expose new people to something that's been a staple in the gaming community.

yes
yes
yes
yes
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
NASAmoose
Profile Joined May 2011
United States25 Posts
August 01 2011 20:10 GMT
#18
How is this even warranted? Will enough people watch it? I haven't played DotA in ages...maybe they just want to steal the entire LoL and HoN crowd in one fell swoop??
daytrippers
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden8 Posts
August 01 2011 20:10 GMT
#19
all i can say is

rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States9187 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:12:10
August 01 2011 20:11 GMT
#20
On August 02 2011 05:06 skyR wrote:
No teams from NA, LA or Australia, )= So much for it being international...

they picked the top 16 teams from a general worldwide basis

NA has no stable team that can compete and many of its best remaining players are on european teams

BRs represent latin america and though they're good they're too uncertain, same thing with india

australia has even less top players than NA
StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
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